ChartWatchers December 20, 2009 at 01:37 AM
We'll be the first to admit that we are bearish on the housing market; and we are bullish on 10-year not yields that will ultimately have a negative impact upon mortgage rates and hence home sales... Read More
ChartWatchers December 20, 2009 at 01:30 AM
In my last article I wrote about the recent disconnect between crude oil and oil services stocks. On a relative basis, oil services stocks had severely underperformed the S&P 500 from mid-October to early December despite crude oil prices trading flat to slightly lower... Read More
ChartWatchers December 19, 2009 at 03:53 PM
Happy Holidays Fellow ChartWatchers! Here we are, once again, at the final ChartWatchers of the year - of the decade(!) in this case. An awful lot has happened at StockCharts... Read More
ChartWatchers December 18, 2009 at 09:04 PM
A Friday stock bounce kept major stock indexes stuck in a two-month trading range. Prices also remain above their 50-day averages which keeps the intermediate uptrend intact... Read More
ChartWatchers December 18, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Since this will be our last article for 2009, I thought it would be appropriate to do an analysis of the short-, medium-, and long-term charts and synthesize a broad outlook for the market... Read More
ChartWatchers December 18, 2009 at 08:31 PM
According to the Stock Trader's Almanac, the January effect is the historical tendency of small-caps to outperform large-caps from mid December until April. Notice that this period coincides with the bullish six month cycle that extends from November to April... Read More
ChartWatchers December 06, 2009 at 01:46 PM
WINTER HAS ARRIVED AT STOCKCHARTS - Snowflakes are now at the top of most of our pages. SCANNING FOR JUST ETFs - Members can now choose to run their scans against ETFs only... Read More
ChartWatchers December 06, 2009 at 01:39 PM
Hello Fellow ChartWatchers! This week, I'm taking time off from our on-going "Technical Analysis 101" series, to enlist your help. We are in the process of compiling a list of "Tips" for using StockCharts.com and we need you to review the tips that we've come up with so far... Read More
ChartWatchers December 05, 2009 at 08:21 PM
Sometimes good news produces a bad effect. That's especially true when dealing with financial markets. Today's unemployment report dropped to 10% and payrolls fell by an unusually small amount. That good news was given a positive reception by most markets... Read More
ChartWatchers December 04, 2009 at 08:21 PM
The finance sector continues to underperform the overall market. While the S&P 500 and Dow are consolidating near 52-week highs, the Financials SPDR (XLF) remains well below its October high and shows relative weakness... Read More
ChartWatchers December 04, 2009 at 07:54 PM
On Thanksgiving Day Dubai announced that it would be delaying loan payments by six months. This resulted in a global selloff, in which the U.S. markets participated on the following day. There was virtually no follow through selling this week... Read More
ChartWatchers December 04, 2009 at 05:44 PM
When I see a relationship in the market that tends to hold true over time, it always peaks my interest when the market varies from that "norm". That seems to be the case right now with oil services stocks... Read More
